Root Cellar owned by Mike Murray on Portugal Cove Road, Portugal Cove-St. Phillips. Cellar was built by his great grandfather Patrick Murray in 1820. Murray’s ancestors resettled in Portugal Cove in 1820 from Grates Cove. The cellar was built...

Root Cellar owned by Mike Murray on Portugal Cove Road, Portugal Cove-St. Phillips. Cellar was built by his great grandfather Patrick Murray in 1820. Murray’s ancestors resettled in Portugal Cove in 1820 from Grates Cove. The cellar was built...

Root Cellar owned by Mike Murray on Portugal Cove Road, Portugal Cove-St. Phillips. Cellar was built by his great grandfather Patrick Murray in 1820. Murray’s ancestors resettled in Portugal Cove in 1820 from Grates Cove. The cellar was built...

Root Cellar owned by Mike Murray on Portugal Cove Road, Portugal Cove-St. Phillips. Cellar was built by his great grandfather Patrick Murray in 1820. Murray’s ancestors resettled in Portugal Cove in 1820 from Grates Cove. The cellar was built...

This is an indoor cold storage room located in a workhouse on the back of the property. This building was the original fox ranch building. The fox farm dates back to 1898 and operated until approximately 1929. It later reopened in the 1950’s and...

This is a shed style with a cellar underground in the concrete block foundation. There is no hatch entrance; however there is a set of concrete stairs in the front, right corner of the shed that leads down to the cellar. Cellar was built by Hilda...

This is an indoor cold storage room located in a workhouse on the back of the property. This building was the original fox ranch building. The fox farm dates back to 1898 and operated until approximately 1929. It later reopened in the 1950’s and...

This is an indoor cold storage room located in a workhouse on the back of the property. This building was the original fox ranch building. The fox farm dates back to 1898 and operated until approximately 1929. It later reopened in the 1950’s and...

Root Cellar owned by Mike Murray on Portugal Cove Road, Portugal Cove-St. Phillips. Cellar was built by his great grandfather Patrick Murray in 1820. Murray’s ancestors resettled in Portugal Cove in 1820 from Grates Cove. The cellar was built...

Root Cellar owned by Mike Murray on Portugal Cove Road, Portugal Cove-St. Phillips. Cellar was built by his great grandfather Patrick Murray in 1820. Murray’s ancestors resettled in Portugal Cove in 1820 from Grates Cove. The cellar was built...

Root Cellar owned by Mike Murray on Portugal Cove Road, Portugal Cove-St. Phillips. Cellar was built by his great grandfather Patrick Murray in 1820. Murray’s ancestors resettled in Portugal Cove in 1820 from Grates Cove. The cellar was built...

This is a shed style with a cellar underground in the concrete block foundation. There is no hatch entrance; however there is a set of concrete stairs in the front, right corner of the shed that leads down to the cellar. Cellar was built by Hilda...

This is an indoor cold storage room located in a workhouse on the back of the property. This building was the original fox ranch building. The fox farm dates back to 1898 and operated until approximately 1929. It later reopened in the 1950’s and...

Former Wyse property, Placentia. Discussed by Elaine Murray in audio interview. William Wyse’s (d.1947) root cellar was located at back of bigger white house on left, roughly adjacent to the extension has was added to the house after cellar was...

Former Wyse residence, Placentia. Discussed by Elaine Murray in audio interview. William Wyse lived in house and grew vegetables in adjacent gardens. Potatoes, carrots, cabbage and turnip were stored in stone foundation root cellar once located at...

Concrete root cellar located in Placentia built by John Wyse approximately 1940s. Discussed by Elaine Murray in audio interview.The lack of earth surrounding the cellar foundation makes this cellar unusual and less effective. After being unused for...